Reversible cuff.



' 'S. GERSON.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.28. 1915.

1,178,309, Patented Apr; 4,1916.

WITNESSES I IIWENTOR 7 [f IZA Sta/Play 69/60)? I By I i ATTORNEYSSTANLEY GERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed September 28, 1915. Serial No. 53,035.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY GERsoN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Reversible Cuff,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' W "The invention relates to shirts and similar garments, and itsobjectis to provide a new and improved reversible cuff of soft material and ofdoubled-up type, and arranged to permit of Wearing the cuffreversedly'or turned inside out thus allowing its use for a long timeprior to laundrying it, or in case the original outer face becomesthreadbare or torn.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a doubled-upcufl of soft material provided with the usual registering cuffbuttonholes at the sides and with a set of button holes along each end,either set 'being adapted for engagement with a corresponding set ofbuttons on the sleeve band of the garment.

A practical embodiment of the invention .is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indi-' cate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure '1 is a perspective view of the reversible cufl' as applied,parts being shown broken out; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cuff inunfolded position; Fig. 3 is a. similar view of a portion of a shirtsleeve provided I at its sleeve band witha set of'buttons, and

Fig! 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the reversible cuff asapplied to. the

. sleeve band of a garment.

The cuff 10 is made of silk or other suitable soft and pliable materialand it is preferably made of two ply and adapted to be doubled up alongthe transverse median-line 11, as shown in Fig, 2, to form a doubled upcuff, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4.. The

-cuff is provided at the sides with register ing buttonholes 12 forengagement by cuff buttons or links 13 to hold the cuff in closedposition, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The cuff 10 is provided alongtheends with sets of buttonholes 14 and 15, either set of which is adaptedto be engaged with a set of buttons 16 attached to the sleeve band 17 ofthe sleeve 18 of a shirt or other garment.

It will be noticed that when the cuff 10 is doubled up so that the setof buttonholes 14 are on t h e outer portion of the cuff then thebuttonholes 15 are on-the inner portion and are engaged with the buttons16, as plainly indicatedin Figs. 1 and 4. Now in case the cuff becomessoiled on the outer portion it is only necessary for the user todisengage the buttonholes 15 from the buttons 16 and to reverse the cuffso that the soiled outer portion becomes the inner portion, and theinner portion becomes the outer portion. The buttonholes 14 are thenengaged with the buttons 16 to fasten the cuff on the sleeve band 17 ofthe sleeve 18. Now in case the outer ply of the cuff becomes threadbareor torn the cuff is detached from the buttons 16 and the cufi buttons 13are removed to quently not visible when the cufi is re-attached to thebuttons 16 by either set of buttonholes 14 or 15, as above explained. Itis understood that the cuff buttons 13 are also reengage'd with theregistering buttonholes 12, after the cuff is turned over, as aboveexplained.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the cuff can be used reversedlyor turned inside out, thus allowing its use for a long time prior tolaundrying it or in case the original outer ply or layer becomesthreadbare or torn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire .to secureby Letters Patent:

1. As an article of 'manufacture, 'a' reset of buttons on the sleeveband of the garment on which the cuff is to be worn. I

2. In combination, a garment sleeve band having a set of spaced buttonsand a reversible cuff of soft material doubled up along its transversemedian line. the sides of the cuff being provided with registering cuffbuttonholes adapted to be engaged by cliff name to this specification inthe presence of buttons, and each end of the cuff being protwosubscribing witnesses.

vided' with a set of buttonholes, either set of STANLEY GER-SON. whichis adapted to engage the said set of Witnesses: 5 buttons on the sleeveband. THE-O. G. HOSTER,

In mtimony whereof I have signed my I PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

